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💖 lsm_fs_child_dependency — checking if your file system has a whole little family 💖

okay bestie, so this is lsm_fs_child_dependency from the Libstoragemgmt C API Manual (yes it's a C API, yes we're thriving), and it's basically the "do you have kids" question but for file systems. iconic behavior honestly.

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✨ NAME ✨

lsm_fs_child_dependency — Checks whether file system has a child dependency.

like, does this fs have dependents hanging off it or not. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int lsm_fs_child_dependency (lsm_connect *conn, lsm_fs *fs,
       lsm_string_list *files, uint8_t *yes, lsm_flag flags);

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• conn — Valid connection. gotta have a real one, no fake friends 💅
• fs — Point of lsm_fs. this is the file system we're interrogating.
• files — Pointer of lsm_string_list. Only check on specific files if defined. If NULL, just check the file system. so like, you can be nosy about specific files or just vibe-check the whole fs 🫶
• yes — uint8_t. 1 == Yes, 0 == No. the answer goes here, no cap.
• flags — Reserved for future use, must be LSM_CLIENT_FLAG_RSVD. don't get creative with it, bestie, it's reserved. 🚫

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✨ VERSION ✨

1.0 — she's a 1.0 girlie, freshly iconic. ⭐

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Returns 1 if the specified file system has child dependencies, else returns 0.

that's it. that's the tea. it's giving "simple, direct, unbothered." 🔥

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✨ CAPABILITY ✨

LSM_CAP_FS_CHILD_DEPENDENCY

if this capability isn't there, the whole thing is a no. 😭

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✨ RETURN ✨

Error code as enumerated by lsm_error_number. here's the full roster, no skips:

• LSM_ERR_OK — On success. we ate. 👑
• LSM_ERR_INVALID_ARGUMENT — When any argument is NULL or not a valid lsm_connect pointer or invalid flags or invalid file system. basically somebody handed you something cursed. 💀
• LSM_ERR_NOT_FOUND_FS — When file system not found. she's not in the group chat. 🙈
• LSM_ERR_NO_SUPPORT — Not supported. the feature said "not today." 🌸

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ngl, if you pass NULL for files, it just checks the file system itself — that's not a bug, that's the design, fr fr.

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Libstoragemgmt C API Manual · February 2026 · lsm_fs_child_dependency

okay that's the whole page bestie, mwah, go forth and check those dependencies 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶